Description The hiStory of sports and race is messy.
So Kenny Washington is the First black player of the "modern era." James Harris was the First black quarterb.
The sport employs the term "modern era" instead.
Football deals with the messiness a different way.
In baseball Jackie Robinson is universally touted as the First black major league player, which conveniently forgets Moses Fleetwood Walker and other players of Color who appeared on 19th century diamonds.
Description The hiStory of sports and race is messy